By Marleze van Loggerenberg* The rise of the prosumer – a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times – could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced by the power utilities in Africa. Currently, there are about...
World Water Day is marked globally on the 22 of March every year. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water resources, now. To mark this day the Department of Water and Sanitation and the Water Research Commission...
World Water Day taking place on 22 March will once again place issues linked to global water security and promoting sustainable practice for fresh water resources’ management firmly in the spotlight. According to research, 2.1 billion people live...
Residents of eNgonyameni in the eThekwinin Municipality will soon have access to safe drinking water thanks to a multi-million rand water project currently being implemented by the city. The eThekwini Municipality announced on Wednesday that it had...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued a statement to reassure South Africans that the tap water in the country is safe for human consumption. This comes after an article published by TimesLive claimed that a report by travel company,...
South Africa’s fast growing plastic pollution crisis requires a rational solution not an emotional one. This is the view of Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA. Speaking at the ProPak Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg recently...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on citizens to see waste as resource and to start recycling more. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs South Africans generated approximately 54.2 million...
The Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape will embark on a journey to build the first “plastic road” in Africa. The approach could spell the end of potholes, create jobs and help save the planet. For more this story we are joined on...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa) says it is committed to reviving its operations following the finding by the Supreme Court of Appeal that it was the subject of a campaign to ruin the programme. On 24 January 2019,...
The minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga today handed over 42 toilets to the Ubuhle-Bemvelo Primary School in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. The handover comes as a result of public-private partnership between the department and Amalooloo to...
